MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	121% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '17 at 12:17
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 780 81% 651 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 153 Parallax 146 122% 150 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 140 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 350 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 633443163	121% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 504 Mixed 254 94% 424 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 51.6 185% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 133 139% 230 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2GB free Firmware: 2.11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 198615170 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 21 21 -113816633274203 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 815 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 204 (B1) Unknown 0 0 13 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 198615170 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 198615170 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 198615170 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 28739 (EA) Unknown 0 0 48132 (F1) Unknown 0 0 48132 (F2) Unknown 0 0 33457	67.7% Good	Read 503 Write 133 Mixed 149 56% 262 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 17.2 114% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 38.1 57% 108 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 82%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 327 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 327 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 303 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 26 (C2) HDA temperature 112 85 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 170 Mixed 149 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.18 112% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 179GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 236050408 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 50 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6415770 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 123 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 588578848 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 793 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 90194313248 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 88819923682600 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4858670443 (F2) Unknown 100 253 75856109577	51.8% Above average	Read 78.4 Write 101 Mixed 39.2 54% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 4.35 4K Mixed 0.63 183% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 42GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84774840 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 264 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 25699456 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11669 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 264 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 50 554958878 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 49422 (C2) HDA temperature 30 50 77309411358 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -128294968090879 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11688495746 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37559061819	64.8% Good	Read 132 Write 93.7 Mixed 75.3 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.16 58% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB 1,302 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 29.2 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 29.1 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 115%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	606x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	496x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	119x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	346x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	90x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	70x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	44x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16